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downsizing

[doun-sahy-zing]

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noun

the act or process of reducing the number of something, such as employees or participants, usually as a cost-cutting measure.
The company’s downsizing eliminated approximately 39% of all executive positions.
the act or process of replacing something larger with something smaller, such as moving into a smaller house.
With the housing market in shambles, it would be difficult to sell our house, so downsizing is not really an option right now.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of downsizing¹

downsiz(e) ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. )

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Paramount is just one of several studios across Hollywood that are downsizing.

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I think we need to be a little bit more precise in downsizing a department with a mission as critical as DOT’s.

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For them, selling and downsizing makes the most practical sense.

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Already, his directive downsizing the agency is causing harm, crippling support for programs such as Head Start, ending production of N95 masks and shuttering laboratories that monitor infectious diseases such as measles, Bonta’s office said.

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Six years ago, Newsom announced he was downsizing Brown’s proposal for a twin tunnel and instead called for a redesigned single tunnel.

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